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‘How does the government expect to deliver everything promised in the plan without the staff to deliver the services,’ asked GMB union yesterday in...

Night shift workers at the GMM van plant in Luton were summoned to a meeting with the General Manager, Paul Staes, on Monday night...

WORKERS in England’s Northern region are up to £4,264 worse off per year since the Tory-led coalition came to power. The Northern TUC 10-Point Plan...

‘It could not have been more wrong what has been done to Jean,’ said a cousin of the young Brazilian man Jean Charles de...

A government ruling on nurse recruitment and work permits that came into force yesterday, puts over 38,000 overseas nurses and their families at risk,...

‘GATE Gourmet are not going to get away with what they did, sacking us for no reason,’ said Raj Sahdev yesterday on the locked-out...

‘WE REALISE that we had taken the wrong road and that we needed to change course,’ Roger Taylor, chair of The Office of Qualifications...

THE SYRIAN army intercepted tens of incoming Israeli missiles and reciprocated the assault with a barrage of rocket attacks on Israeli military centres in...

‘TODAY’S huge strike of public sector workers expresses the great anger felt throughout the working class at the huge austerity cuts, including pay cuts,...

unemployment rose by 128,000 in the three months to October, to 2.64 million people. This is the highest level since 1994, the Office for...

A LEAKED ‘interim document’ into the Grenfell Tower disaster on June 14, 2017 shows beyond shadow of a doubt that every death was preventable,...

‘P&O and their paymasters in Dubai are no longer capable of running a safe service and should be stripped of the licence to operate...

Bernard Ribeiro, President of the Royal College of Surgeons, has announced his withdrawal from the crisis talks about the selection of junior doctors for...

‘OUR actions will not depend on negotiations they will depend on the unconditional compliance with the Russian security demands in a historic context. ‘We have...

RUSSIA has accused Western countries of using sanctions to steal the country’s gold and foreign exchange reserves amid the raging war in Ukraine. Asked about...

Over 24,000 manufacturing jobs are at risk over the next three months as UK firms struggle with falling orders, bosses warned yesterday. The latest Regional...

Enfield Council leaders have decided to mount a legal challenge to Health Secretary Johnson’s decision to close Chase Farm Hospital’s A&E and consultant-led Maternity...

IN the last article we saw how the state had leapt into action from the outset of the strike to try and break it...

Over 900 road hauliers and independent truckers, descended on Parliament yesterday to lobby their MPs to urgently and immediately reduce the price of fuel....

More than 100 care staff have received £964,537, after Excelcare sacked them and offered them new contracts with a 40 per cent pay cut,...

Public sector union Unison yesterday said that some of its worst fears are coming true over NHS privatisation. This came after it was revealed that...

Israel is to expand its offensive against Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon, Amir Peretz, the Israeli defence minister, has said, less than a day after its attack...

TORY PM Johnson announced yesterday the government will impose the strictest measures – a Tier 3 lockdown – on Manchester, despite Greater Manchester Mayor...

IN A VICTORY for Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, a high court challenge which attempted to overturn his right to stand in the Labour...

RAIL CHAOS rapidly spread across the length and breadth of the UK as new train timetables coming into force yesterday hit serious problems, leaving...

ARMED squads of the Greek riot police using tear gas and truncheons attacked hundreds of small farmers who were protesting by blockading a motorway...

PARLIAMENT is being recalled tomorrow with prime minister Cameron demanding Labour support for his ‘clear motion’ for military action against Syria. Downing Street released a...

‘Vauxhall employees contribute in support of the Opel/Vauxhall turnaround plan,’ General Motors announced yesterday. The deal was struck in Rüsselsheim on Thursday. A...

HUNDREDS of train workers rallied in Euston yesterday to mark three years of the guards strike, the longest in modern history, which has begun...

ELECTRIC and gas bills have soared by as much as 32% for electricity and 26% in gas in the last few months, a new...

UNITED Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has reaffirmed the organisation’s commitment to supporting the Palestinian people and their inalienable rights, including the right to live...

THE Care Quality Commission has warned all private ambulance providers that, during its inspections, it found ‘problems with the safety’ of the care they...

ATHENS – Greek workers and youth are on the road to an uprising! Mass rallies and demonstrations are taking place throughout Greece as part of...

Protests against the crippling siege imposed on the Gaza Strip should spread across the world, said Palestinian lawmaker Jamalh Al-Khudari yesterday, as the blockade...

TEACHERS took mass strike action yesterday in four large regions of the country, the Eastern region, the Midlands, Yorkshire and Humberside. They came out against...

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) yesterday warned that nearly 27,000 NHS jobs have been earmarked to be cut in the UK, 18,000 of...

SYRIAN president Bashar al-Assad said that holding local council elections on time proves the strength of the Syrian people and the state. In a speech...

REMAINER MPs were defeated in their attempts to reverse Brexit yesterday after the majority voted to disagree with Lords Amendment 19 on a ‘meaningful...

Unison general secretary, Dave Prentis, yesterday pledged the union will ‘fight and fight’ until the Health and Social Care Bill is defeated and the...

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A MASS protest in support of the fire service took place outside Ladbroke Grove fire station on Monday night, by residents who live in...

CROWDS marched to Cairo’s Tahrir Square again yesterday after the April 6 movement called for a protest starting at 5.00pm (1500 GMT) ‘against the...

THE Tenant Management Organisation which manages Grenfell Tower is to be stripped of its responsibilities for the west London estate, Tory Prime Minister Theresa...

CARGO workers at British Airways have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in the bitter dispute over the company’s plans to fire and...

‘This despicable government wants to take Multiple Sclerosis nurses away,’ wheelchair-bound retiree George Goodger told News Line yesterday after handing in a petition to...